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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Exit immediately if a command exits with a non-zero status.
+set -e
+
+# Function to check for required utilities
+function check_utilities() {
+    local utilities=("qm" "wget" "xz" "sha256sum" "ssh-keygen")
+    for util in "${utilities[@]}"; do
+        command -v "$util" >/dev/null 2>&1 || { echo "$util not found. Please install it."; exit 1; }
+    done
+}
+
+# Function to set up SSH keys
+function setup_ssh_keys() {
+    local default_ssh_key_dir="${HOME}/ssh-keys"
+    local ssh_key_dir="$default_ssh_key_dir"
+
+    while true; do
+        # Ensure the SSH key directory exists
+        if [[ ! -d "${ssh_key_dir}" ]]; then
+            echo "SSH key directory not found at ${ssh_key_dir}. Creating directory..."
+            mkdir -p "${ssh_key_dir}"
+            chmod 700 "${ssh_key_dir}"
+        fi
+
+        # Determine the SSH public key file
+        ssh_keyfile=$(ls "${ssh_key_dir}"/*.pub 2>/dev/null | head -n 1)
+
+        if [[ -z "${ssh_keyfile}" ]]; then
+            echo "No SSH public key found in ${ssh_key_dir}."
+            read -p "Do you want to generate a new SSH key pair in this directory? (yes/no): " generate_key
+            if [[ "${generate_key}" == "yes" ]]; then
+                ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 4096 -f "${ssh_key_dir}/id_rsa" -N ""
+                ssh_keyfile="${ssh_key_dir}/id_rsa.pub"
+                chmod 600 "${ssh_key_dir}/id_rsa"
+                chmod 644 "${ssh_key_dir}/id_rsa.pub"
+                echo "SSH key pair generated at ${ssh_key_dir}/id_rsa and ${ssh_keyfile}."
+                break
+            else
+                read -p "Do you want to specify a different directory for your SSH keys? (yes/no): " change_dir
+                if [[ "${change_dir}" == "yes" ]]; then
+                    read -p "Please enter the full path to your SSH key directory: " ssh_key_dir
+                else
+                    echo "Cannot proceed without an SSH public key. Exiting."
+                    exit 1
+                fi
+            fi
+        else
+            echo "Using existing SSH public key: ${ssh_keyfile}"
+            break
+        fi
+    done
+
+    chmod 700 "${ssh_key_dir}"
+    chmod 600 "${ssh_key_dir}"/id_* 2>/dev/null || true
+    chmod 644 "${ssh_key_dir}"/*.pub 2>/dev/null || true
+}
+
+# Function to generate cloud-init user data with CloudPanel installation
+function generate_cloud_init_config() {
+    local vm_id="$1"
+    cat > "vm-${vm_id}-cloud-init.yaml" << 'EOF'
+#cloud-config
+package_update: true
+package_upgrade: true
+packages:
+  - curl
+  - wget
+  - sudo
+  - apt-transport-https
+  - ca-certificates
+
+runcmd:
+  - curl -sS https://installer.cloudpanel.io/ce/v2/install.sh -o /root/install.sh
+  - echo "a3ba69a8102345127b4ae0e28cfe89daca675cbc63cd39225133cdd2fa02ad36 /root/install.sh" | sha256sum -c
+  - DB_ENGINE=MARIADB_11.4 bash /root/install.sh
+
+power_state:
+  mode: reboot
+  timeout: 1800
+  condition: True
+EOF
+    
+    # Import the cloud-init config
+    qm set "${vm_id}" --cicustom "user=local:snippets/vm-${vm_id}-cloud-init.yaml"
+}
+
+# Function to create or update a template
+function create_template() {
+    local vm_id="$1"
+    local vm_name="$2"
+    local image_file="$3"
+
+    echo "Processing template ${vm_name} (${vm_id})"
+
+    # Compute the checksum of the image file
+    local image_checksum
+    image_checksum=$(sha256sum "${image_file}" | awk '{print $1}')
+    local checksum_file="checksums/${vm_id}.sha256"
+
+    # Check if template exists and handle accordingly
+    if qm status "${vm_id}" &>/dev/null; then
+        echo "Template with VM ID ${vm_id} already exists. Removing..."
+        qm destroy "${vm_id}" --destroy-unreferenced-disks yes
+    fi
+
+    echo "Creating template ${vm_name} (${vm_id})"
+
+    # Create new VM
+    qm create "${vm_id}" --name "${vm_name}" --ostype l26
+
+    # Set networking to default bridge
+    qm set "${vm_id}" --net0 virtio,bridge=vmbr0
+
+    # Set display to serial
+    qm set "${vm_id}" --serial0 socket --vga serial0
+
+    # Set memory and CPU (increased for CloudPanel requirements)
+    qm set "${vm_id}" --memory 2048 --cores 2 --cpu host
+
+    # Import the disk
+    qm set "${vm_id}" --scsi0 "${storage}:0,import-from=${PWD}/${image_file},discard=on"
+
+    # Set SCSI hardware as default boot disk
+    qm set "${vm_id}" --boot order=scsi0 --scsihw virtio-scsi-single
+
+    # Enable QEMU guest agent
+    qm set "${vm_id}" --agent enabled=1,fstrim_cloned_disks=1
+
+    # Add cloud-init device
+    qm set "${vm_id}" --ide2 "${storage}:cloudinit"
+
+    # Set cloud-init network configuration
+    qm set "${vm_id}" --ipconfig0 "ip=dhcp,ip6=auto"
+
+    # Import the SSH keyfile
+    if [[ -f "${ssh_keyfile}" ]]; then
+        qm set "${vm_id}" --sshkeys "${ssh_keyfile}"
+    else
+        echo "SSH key file not found at ${ssh_keyfile}"
+        exit 1
+    fi
+
+    # Add the user
+    qm set "${vm_id}" --ciuser "${username}"
+
+    # Generate and apply cloud-init config with CloudPanel installation
+    generate_cloud_init_config "${vm_id}"
+
+    # Resize the disk to 25G for CloudPanel requirements
+    qm disk resize "${vm_id}" scsi0 25G
+
+    # Convert the VM into a template
+    qm template "${vm_id}"
+
+    # Save the checksum
+    mkdir -p checksums
+    echo "${image_checksum}" > "${checksum_file}"
+
+    # Remove the image file when done
+    rm -f "${image_file}"
+}
+
+# Check for required utilities
+check_utilities
+
+# User-configurable variables
+export username="hackiri"        # Replace with your desired username
+export storage="ceph_local"      # Replace with your Proxmox storage name
+
+# Validate variables
+if [[ -z "${username}" || "${username}" == "your_username_here" ]]; then
+    echo "Please set a valid username in the script."
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+if ! pvesm status | grep -q "^${storage}\s"; then
+    echo "Storage '${storage}' not found. Please check your Proxmox storage configuration."
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# Set up SSH keys
+setup_ssh_keys
+
+# CloudPanel works best with Ubuntu 24.04 (Lunar Lobster)
+declare -a images=(
+    # Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish) with CloudPanel
+    "912|ubuntu-24.04-template|https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/24.04/release/ubuntu-24.04-server-cloudimg-amd64.img"
+)
+
+# Loop through the images array
+for entry in "${images[@]}"; do
+    IFS='|' read -r vm_id vm_name image_url <<< "${entry}"
+
+    # Extract the filename from the URL
+    image_file="${image_url##*/}"
+
+    # Download the image with timestamping
+    echo "Downloading ${image_file}..."
+    if ! wget -N "${image_url}"; then
+        echo "Failed to download ${image_url}"
+        exit 1
+    fi
+
+    # Create or update the template
+    create_template "${vm_id}" "${vm_name}" "${image_file}"
+done
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